> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 May 2005 16:02 > To: Dave Page > Cc: Ian FREISLICH; pgsql-patches@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] pg_autovacuum commandline > password hiding. > > "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes: > >> Which is exactly why we don't (and won't) provide such a switch. > > > Err, yes we do: > > Um, sorry, I totally misread Ian's patch as a proposal that we add a > password switch (I hate unidiffs ;-)).
:-) > I would argue actually that this switch is a horrible idea and we > must take it out entirely. The method Ian proposes for hiding the > password after reading it is certainly not portable in the slightest, > and even if we could make it work on all platforms (which we can't) > I don't think it would be good enough, because there would still be > a window where the superuser password was exposed to view before > we could wipe it out. Agreed. The attached patch should do the trick. Regards, Dave
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